***Templating**: Fix recursive loop of template variable queries when changing ad-hoc-variable [#26191](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26191)
***Auth**: Add support for forcing authentication in anonymous mode and modify SignIn to use it instead of redirect [#25567](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/25567)
***Auth**: Fix POST request failures with anonymous access [#26049](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/26049)